untemporary

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adjective

Not temporary.

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Meanings

adjective
  1. Not temporary.

    That kind of “escapism” seems to them to be dangerously untemporary, even though the reader must still return through the portal that is the book.

    2009, Brian Stableford, The A to Z of Fantasy Literature, page lvii

Origin

From un- + temporary.

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Cite this entry
APA

untemporary. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/untemporary

MLA

“untemporary.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/untemporary. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “untemporary,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/untemporary.

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